Czech mate in final A1 practice

Once again all the drivers started the session on wet tyres, but with a weak sun gradually breaking through the clouds, the track finally dried sufficiently for the drivers to try slicks at the end of the hour-long session.

As the flag fell, Enge was just beginning his final lap, setting a time of 1:32.718 and leaving his an advantage of over half a second on the rest of the field.

Nelson Piquet Jr. was second quickest for Team Brazil, while Robbie Kerr was third for Team Great Britain. Team Holland's Jos Verstappen took fourth. Adrian Sutil was fifth for Germany, just ahead of one-time pacesetter Scott Speed in the Team USA car.

It was a bad session for previous pace-setters Team France. Alexandre Premat was unable to set a time in the driest of the conditions and languished at the foot of the timesheets, 17 seconds off the pace.

Pos  Driver             Team            Time               Laps
 1.  Tomas Enge         Czech Republic  1:32.781            22
 2.  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Brazil          1:33.414 +  0.633   17
 3.  Robbie Kerr        Great Britain   1:33.477 +  0.696   17
 4.  Jos Verstappen     Netherlands     1:33.627 +  0.846   17
 5.  Adrian Sutil       Germany         1:33.792 +  1.011   17
 6.  Scott Speed        Usa             1:34.021 +  1.240   20
 7.  Alvaro Parente     Portugal        1:34.075 +  1.294   14
 8.  Sean Mcintosh      Canada          1:34.191 +  1.410   20
 9.  Ralph Firman       Ireland         1:34.739 +  1.958   24
10.  Salvador Duran     Mexico          1:34.786 +  2.005   22
11.  Will Davison       Australia       1:34.829 +  2.048   14
12.  Fairuz Fauzy       Malaysia        1:34.838 +  2.057   22
13.  Enrico Toccacelo   Italy           1:34.993 +  2.212   15
14.  Matt Halliday      New Zealand     1:35.345 +  2.564   24
15.  Mathias Lauda      Austria         1:35.498 +  2.717   25
16.  Tomas Scheckter    South Africa    1:35.811 +  3.030   19
17.  Mikhail Aleshin    Russia          1:36.008 +  3.227   17
18.  Basil Shaaban      Lebanon         1:36.487 +  3.706   27
19.  Ananda Mikola      Indonesia       1:36.672 +  3.891   17
20.  Adam Khan          Pakistan        1:36.696 +  3.915   14
21.  Tengyi Jiang       China           1:38.742 +  5.961   22
22.  Armaan Ebrahim     India           1:39.878 +  7.097   21
23.  Neel Jani          Switzerland     1:49.812 + 17.031   10
24.  Alexandre Premat   France          1:50.114 + 17.333    8